Girls' name · since 1902
Nessie
Nessie has 97 recorded births since 1902 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1915 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #27,476 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,011 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 97
- born since 1902
- 1910s
- peak decade
97 babies have been named Nessie since 1902, making it today's #15011 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nessie has been recorded 97 times among girls since 1902, currently ranked #15011 nationally and more common than 13% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1910s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1902 to 2025.
- #27,476 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,011 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 97 born since 1902
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nessie ranks #27,476 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,011 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 97 born since 1902, peaking in the 1910s.
- #27,476 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,011 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 97
- born since 1902
- 1910s
- peak decade
Nessie's 97 recorded births place it above 61.96% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Nessie compares
97 24th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Nessie's all-time total is 74% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nessie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 97 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 21 | 19,840 |
Nessie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Nessie's SSA record in two at 1921 and the more recent half accounts for 43% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 57%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1902, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1915 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Nessie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1902–2025
- Peak year (1915)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 124 years of records
Nessie by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (50 births, 52% of the file).
1910s was Nessie's strongest decade.
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Nessie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s
1910s
50 births
- 1920s
1920s
22 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 2020s 10
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 50 births (52% of all-time use).
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What to do with Nessie's data
- Nessie's decade-level peak was the 1910s (50 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Nessie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1915)
Similar record span (~123 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1902–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Nessie draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.